Type-writer ribbon.



G. E. PELTON.

TYPE WRITER RIBBON.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1913.

1,092,856; Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

GEORGE E. P ELTON, OF GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY.

TYPE-WRITER RIBBON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. Ml, 1914.

Application filed September 5, 1913. Serial N 0. 788,359.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PELION, a citizen of the United States, residing at Georgetown, in the county of Scott and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-Writer Ribbons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in typewriter ribbons and more specifically to a ribbon of this character of particular material and weave.

It is the object of this invention to produce a typewriter ribbon which is characterized by its thinness, durability, and ink retaining properties, as wellas its freedom from lint.

The advantages of such a ribbon are that on account. of its thinness, the type-will produce clear and distinct characters upon the paper because the type strikes close to the paper and because this ribbon will not give out as much ink as a thicker one, furthermore the freedom from lint will prevent the type from becoming clogged, on account of its construction it possesses superior ink retaining properties and does not grow gummy or foul and will feectfreely, and on account of its lightness and fineness a greater length may be wound upon the standard spool,

Figural-1, of the accompanying drawing, illustrates an enlarged diagrammatical representation of a portion of this improved ribbon. Fig. 2, is an enlarged detail View of the portion of theribbon illustrating its construction.

The material from which this ribbon is constructed is pure unadulterated silk and the yarn is of extremely soft character which is dyed before it is woven. The so called one-half inch typewriter ribbon is in reality thirty-three sixty-fourths of an inch in width and in weaving for this width of typewriter ribbon the ground comprises sixty ends of silk 1 and the filling one hundred and eight picks 2 to the inch. After the ribbon is woven it is impregnated with ink of the desired character or color in the usual manner. By weaving in this manner pure unadulterated silk which has first been dyed a very thin light ribbon'of thin close web is produced having similar firm smooth surfaces without nap on either side which will retain the impregnated ink to a greater degree and give up less ink in printing than the typewriter ribbons now on the market, and furthermore is entirely free from lint.

What I claim is:

A typewriter ribbon comprising pure unadulterated dyed silk woven with a. suitable ground and filling to produce a thin close Web forming s1m1lar firm smooth surfaces on both sides free from nap or lint, and impregnated with ink.

GEORGE E. PELTON.

Witnesses:

W, H. GA'rnWooo, J. W. HAMILTON. 

